…afraid, yes, but among you again

crying yes risk joy

in the raw wind of the new world.

from Louise Gluck, “Snowdrops

 

Who, what, why?

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I am an artist. I am perceptive and curious and I have compact little hands that can make a lot of different things.

I constantly collect information through very sensitive antennae and therefore, I take a lot of naps. Please do not tap the glass because it scares the animal.

Maps have fascinated me ever since I paged through them in the back of the minivan on road trips. So many ways to get to the same place! So much data to file away!

It’s been a hell of a (few) year(s), for all of us, but in my universe, where I am the sun and all galaxies into infinity 4eva, there’s been a seismic shift that knocked me right off what I thought was my course.

So this is where I’ll share some words and images about what I noticed in the rumblings, and the fallout, and in the current re-creation.

Let’s see where we end up.

 

Exhibitions

Arnot Art Museum, 76th Regional Exhibition, Elmira, NY Mar 2019-Jun 2019

*group juried

South Bend Museum of Art Student/Faculty Exhibition, South Bend, IN Nov 2017-Jan 2018

Lore Degenstein Gallery 9th Annual Figurative Drawing & Painting Exhibition, Susquehanna Univ., PA, Oct-Dec 2017

*group juried

 

Education and Training

‘Figure Painting from Life,’ Hollis Dunlap, Florence Academy of Art US, Jul 2019

‘The Plein Air Challenge,’ Elizabeth O’Reilly, Art New England, Jul 2017

‘Transcending the Photo Reference,’ Alyssa Monks, Artensity, Sep 2016

Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

MA, English; University of Notre Dame

BA, Art Studio; English; University of Notre Dame